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Resile
verb
(past & past part.
resiled
; pres. part.
resiling
)
1.
Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc..
2.
Spring back; spring away from an impact.
Synonyms:
bounce
,
bound
,
rebound
,
recoil
,
reverberate
,
ricochet
,
spring
,
take a hop
.
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
3.
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
Synonyms:
abjure
,
forswear
,
recant
,
retract
.
"She abjured her beliefs"
4.
Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.
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Words linked to "Resile" :
abjure
,
kick back
,
regress
,
reverberate
,
disown
,
leap
,
take a hop
,
jump
,
bound
,
bound off
,
kick
,
resilience
,
renounce
,
bow out
,
resiliency
,
recoil
,
revert
,
return
,
carom
,
retrovert
,
bounce
,
repudiate
,
chicken out
,
pull out
,
back off
,
turn back
,
back down
,
resilient
,
skip
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